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The problem with venus has less to do with its location than with the
carbon content of its atmosphere.  Instead of using the laser to move the
it would be better if it was used to launch carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere, thus it would have to be tuned at multiple wavelengths for
carbonbdioxide and for disassociated carbon.

Microbes that affix carbon and release oxygen won't work because of the
sheer quantity of CO2 invovled.  If enough carbon were affixed to bring
venus to an earthlike atmossphere it would cover the entire surface
in a layer several miles deep, and it would oxydise faster than the little
beasties could eat it up.  A guy on the HIT list did the math and
made a very impressive argument for why Mars would be a better candidate

If you want to terraform venus, I would use an orbiting, solar
fired laser, tuned to a solid CO2 Wavelength (IR?) to continualy knock
off the CO2 molecules in the upper atmosphere.  Eventually you might
then end up with a workable planet
DVB
Arizona State University